What (who) is chain - definition
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CHAIN (disambiguation)
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SERIES OF CONNECTED LINKS WHICH ARE TYPICALLY MADE OF METAL
Chains; Chain gaurd; Link chain; User:Mortice/Chain; Link (chain); 🔗; Endless chain; Links in a chain
¦ noun
1. a connected flexible series of metal links used for fastening, pulling, etc., or in jewellery.
a restricting force or factor.
2. a sequence of items of the same type forming a line.
a series of connected things: a chain of events.
a group of hotels, shops, or restaurants owned by the same company.
a part of a molecule consisting of a number of atoms bonded together in a linear sequence.
3. a jointed measuring line consisting of linked metal rods.
the length of this (66 ft).
4. (chains) a structure projecting horizontally from a sailing ship's sides abreast of the masts, used to widen the basis for the shrouds.
¦ verb fasten, secure, or confine with a chain.
Origin
ME: from OFr. chaine, chaeine, from L. catena 'a chain'.
chain
SERIES OF CONNECTED LINKS WHICH ARE TYPICALLY MADE OF METAL
Chains; Chain gaurd; Link chain; User:Mortice/Chain; Link (chain); 🔗; Endless chain; Links in a chain
1. <operating system> (From BASIC's "CHAIN" statement) To
pass control to a child or successor without going through the
operating system command interpreter that invoked you.
The state of the parent program is lost and there is no
returning to it. Though this facility used to be common on
memory-limited microcomputers and is still widely supported
for backward compatibility, the jargon usage is
semi-obsolescent; in particular, Unix calls this exec.
Compare with the more modern "subshell".
2. <programming> A series of linked data areas within an
operating system or application program. "Chain rattling"
is the process of repeatedly running through the linked data
areas searching for one which is of interest. The implication
is that there are many links in the chain.
3. <theory> A possibly infinite, non-decreasing sequence of
elements of some total ordering, S
x0 <= x1 <= x2 ...
A chain satisfies:
for all x,y in S, x <= y / y <= x.
I.e. any two elements of a chain are related.
("<=" is written in LaTeX as sqsubseteq).
[Jargon File ]
(1995-02-03)
chain
SERIES OF CONNECTED LINKS WHICH ARE TYPICALLY MADE OF METAL
Chains; Chain gaurd; Link chain; User:Mortice/Chain; Link (chain); 🔗; Endless chain; Links in a chain
I
n.
series of metal links
1) to keep (a dog) on a chain
2) to put chains on (the tires of a car)
3) a bicycle; tire chain
4) a link in a chain
measuring instrument
5) an engineer's; surveyor's chain
shackles
6) in chains (the prisoners were in chains)
group of associated enterprises
7) a department-store; hotel; restaurant chain
misc.
8) a human chain; to pull the chain (BE) ('to flush the toilet')
II
v. (D; tr.) to chain to (to chain a dog to a fence)
Wikipedia
CHAIN
CHAIN may refer to:
- CHAIN (industry standard), an acronym for Ceced Home Appliances Interoperating Network, a standard for a multi-brands home network of interactive household appliances.
- Controlled and Harmonised Aeronautical Information Network, a concept of EUROCONTROL to improve the quality of aeronautical data.
- Canadian High Arctic Ionospheric Network, an array of ground-based radio instruments
Pronunciation examples for chain
1. I'm weIded to your Chain, chain, chain
The School of Rock (2003)
2. chain.
Zero Waste Home _ Bea Johnson _ Talks at Google
3. chain.
Intelligentsia Coffee _ Michael Sheridan & Sam Sabori _ Talks at Google
4. chain.
Fighting Poverty with Data _ Lauren Hendricks _ Talks at Google
5. chain.
Intelligentsia Coffee _ Michael Sheridan & Sam Sabori _ Talks at Google
Examples of use of chain
1. McDonald‘s, the world‘s largest fast–food chain, was the first Western chain to enter Russia.
2. "One chain is collapsing, and a second chain is doing it a favor," she declared.
3. High margins, for a grocery chain Paz‘s chain of Yellow convenience stores, founded in 1''8, currently has 167 outlets.
4. Turning the city chain into a discount chain meant much more than a mere change of name.
5. The shackle‘s chain ran from an eyehook and the other was connected to the chain on Gotbaum‘s handcuffs.